If you're going to do a film on Keats at least make it historically accurate. Campion has failed to even make it an interesting film through her changes of historical fact. It's dull, slow and lacking any dramatic drive. If you love meditation, take a rug to the cinema. You'll have have a great time relaxing. if you love cinema, don't go! It is so slow, I was able to go get more popcorn and not miss anything. scene after scene is of two lovers getting together, not getting together, trying to get together, Keats about to die. It's so lacking in any cinematic understanding that its truly incredulous how this script got through preproduction, unless Campion has no one near her who dares to tell her what a mess the script was in. Most distressing however are the deviations she has made from the truth. Go research the true nature of the relationship. Would Campion appreciate a movie about her in years to come which portrayed her as inaccurately as she portrays Keats and his life? I don't think so.
Review of Bright Star
